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Spenser
Mystery Series
Spenser series catalog [thru #31] at Amazon.com
"Chasing The Bear: A Young Spenser Novel" [#37 = 2009] 
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Parker sheds light on Spenser’s formative years spent with his father and two uncles out West.
Philomel hardcover [DUE May 2009] pre-order for $10.19 |
"Rough Weather" [#36 = 2007]
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A wealthy woman hires Spenser as bodyguard during her daughter's wedding on her private island, agreeing that Spenser can bring Susan along. But then Spenser's old nemesis The Gray Man shows up, guns ablazing, and kidnaps the bride.
Berkley mass pb [DUE Sept 2009] pre-order for $9.99 
Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2008] for $16.67 |
"Now & Then" [#35 = 2008]
 | After Spenser finds out why his client's wife is acting abnormally and reports that she is having an affair with another man, three people are murdered and Spenser is targeted by terrorists.
Berkley mass pb [10/2008] for $9.41
Putnam hardcover [10/2007] for $17.13 |
"Hundred-Dollar Baby" [#34 = 2006]
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The working title was "Dream Girl" {see cover graphic}; April Kyle, damsel in distress in two previous Spenser novels, asks for help with thugs trying to muscle in on the whorehouse that she now runs, but Spenser soon finds that she and the thugs and others involved are lying to him.
Berkley mass pb [9/2007] for $9.99 Putnam 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2006] for $12.52 |
"School Days" [#33 = 2005]
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The grande dame of a Dowling, Massachusetts family hires Spenser to prove her grandson innocent of a school shooting that left seven dead, against the wishes of the boy's parents and hindered by the apathy & resignation of the boy himself.
Berkley mass pb [10/2006] for $7.99 Putnam 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/2005] for $16.47 Random House UNABR audio CD [9/2005] for $18.87 Random House UNABR audio [9/2005] for $16.35 |
"Cold Service" [#32 = 2005]
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Hawk is shot in the back, but recovers; he and Spenser set out for revenge against Ukrainian gangsters who run a nearby city.
Berkley pb [3/2006] for $7.99 Putnam 9½x6¼ hardcover [3/2005] for $16.97 Random House UNABR audio [3/2005] for $18.87 UNABR audio [3/2005] for $16.35 |
"Bad Business" [#31 = 2004]
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A woman hires Spenser to find out whether her husband is cheating, and Spenser discovers that the husband has hired a detective to follow the wife. The case gets tangled up with a radio talk-show sex therapist, an elite circle indulging in depravity, and a murder at the husband's office building.
Berkley pb [3/2005] for $7.99 Penguin 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $9.98 Random House UNABR audio CD [3/2004] for $20.37 Random House UNABR audio [3/2004] for $18.16 |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Back Story" [#30 = 2003]
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Spenser's godson Paul, now 37, asks for help for his friend, whose mother was shot & killed during a Boston bank robbery back in 1974.
Berkley pb [3/2004] for $7.99 Putnam 9¼x6.3 hardcover [3/2003] for $17.47 Random House UNABR audio [3/2003] for $18.17 Random House ABR audio CD [3/2003] for $20.97 |
"Widow's Walk" [#29 = 2002]
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A recently-married banker is found shot in his bed, while his young and beautiful widow says she was is the next room watching television. Everyone thinks that she is guilty of murder, until a woman at the bank also is shot to death.
Berkley pb [3/2003] for $7.99 Putnam 9¼x6.3 hardcover [3/2002] for $24.95 Random House UNABR audio [3/2002] for $18.17 Random House UNABR audio CD [3/2002] for $20.97 |
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"Pot Shot" [#28 = 2001]
"Hugger Mugger" [#27 = 2000]
"Hush Money" [#26 = 1999]
"Sudden Mischief" [#25 = 1998]
"Small Vices" [#24 = 1997]
"Chance" [#23 = 1996]
"Thin Air" [#22 = 1995]
"Walking Shadow" [#21 = 1994]
"Paper Doll" [#20 = 1993]
"Double Deuce" [#19 = 1992]
"Pastime" [#18 = 1991]
"Stardust" [#17 = 1990]
"Playmates" [#16 = 1989]
"Crimson Joy" [#15 = 1988]
"Pale Kings and Princes" [#14 = 1987]
"Taming A Sea Horse" [#13 = 1986]
"A Catskill Eagle" [#12 = 1985]
"Valediction" [#11 = 1984]
"The Widening Gyre" [#10 = 1983]
"Ceremony" [#9 = 1982]
"A Savage Place" [#8 = 1981]
"Early Autumn" [#7 = 1981]
"Looking For Rachel Wallace" [#6 = 1980]
"The Judas Goat" [#5 = 1978]
"Promised Land" [#4 = 1976]
"Mortal Stakes" [#3 = 1975]
"God Save the Child" ]#2 = 1974]
"The Godwulf Manuscript" [#1 = 1973]
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"A Triple Shot of Spenser" [2005] includes "Pastime" [#18=1991], "Double Deuce" [#19=1992] & "Paper Doll" [#20=1993] Berkley 9x6 pb [11/2005] for $9.97 |
Jesse Stone Mystery Series
Jesse Stone novels entry at Wikipedia
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Night Passage" [JS#1=1997]
"Jesse Stone: Night Passage" tv movie starring Tom Selleck [CBS 2006]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Trouble In Paradise" [JS#2=1998]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Death In Paradise" [JS#3=2001]
"Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise" tv movie starring Tom Selleck [CBS 2006]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Stone Cold" [JS#4=2003]
"Jesse Stone: Stone Cold" tv movie starring Tom Selleck [CBS 2005]
Sony color DVD [6/2005] for $12.97
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sea Change" [JS#5=2006]
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Berkley mass pb [3/2007] for $9.99
Putnam 9¼x6¾ hardcover [2/2006] for $18.21 Random House audio CD [2/2006] for $18.87 Random House UNABR audio [2/2006] for $18.35 |
"Jesse Stone: Sea Change" tv movie starring Tom Selleck [CBS 2007]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Blue Screen" [JS#6=2006]
Jesse Stone & Sunny Randall together {see below}
"High Profile" [JS#7=2007]
Jesse Stone & Sunny Randall together {see below}
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Stranger In Paradise" [JS#8=2008]
 | Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2008] for $17.13 |
"Night and Day" [JS#9=2009]
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Reports of lewd conduct by the female principal of the high school may be nothing, but a serial peeping tom escalates to forced stripping at gunpoint and photographs of terrified nude victims, and taunting notes mailed to Chief Stone.
Putnam 9x6 hardcover [2/2009] for $15.57 |
"Jesse Stone: Thin Ice" tv movie starring Tom Selleck [CBS March 2009] DVD out 6/2009
"Jesse Stone: No Remorse" tv movie starring Tom Selleck [CBS 2009]
Chief Jesse Stone & P.I. Sunny Randall together
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Blue Screen" [JS#6&SR#5=2006]
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The owner of a Boston baseball team hires Sunny to protect his movie star girlfriend. A murder of the woman's sister in Jesse Stone's town of Paradise, Mass. connects Sunny & Jesse professionally, and eventually romantically.
Putnam 9½x6¾ hardcover [6/2006] for $15.72 Random House UNABR audio CD [6/2006] for $18.87 Random House UNABR audio [6/2006] for $16.35 |
"High Profile" [JS#7&SR#7=2007]
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After a right-wing talk-show host is murdered in Jesse Stone's town of Paradise, Mass. and Jesse's ex-wife is assaulted, Jesse asks Sunny to protect her. Then the radio host's pregnant mistress is found dead ...
Berkley mass pb [DUE March 2008] pre-order for $9.99 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [2/2007] for $16.47 |
Sunny Randall Mystery Series
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Family Honor" [SR#1=1999]
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"Perish Twice" [SR#2=2000]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Shrink Rap" [SR#3=2002]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Melancholy Baby" [SR#4=2004]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Blue Screen" [SR#5=2006]
Sunny Randall & Jesse Stone together {see above}
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Spare Change" [SR#6=2007]
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After a hiatus of 20 years, a serial killer taunts Sunny's retired-cop father with another killing and another letter. Sunny & Phil Randall join with the Boston police task force on the case, as does Spenser's Dr. Susan Silverman.
Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2007] for $16.47 |
"High Profile" [SR#7=2007]
Sunny Randall & Jesse Stone together {see above}
Western Novels
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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"Gunman's Rhapsody: A Novel" [2001]
Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid and the O.K. Corral, this is most certainly a Western tale; but it is also a deeply-affecting love story. Berkley pb [3/2002] for $7.99 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [6/2001] out of print/many used New Millennium UNABR audio CD [1/2003] for $34.95 New Millennium UNABR audio [1/2003] for $17.00 |
"Appaloosa: A Novel" [Western novel 2005]
 | "A stunning Western ... one of Parker's finest." — Publishers Weekly
The town of Appaloosa in New Mexico Territory has fallen under the rule of a ruthless rancher, who shoots the town marshal and two deputies in cold blood. The town merchants hire a new marshal and his sidekick to rid them of their oppressor. Complications begin with the arrival of Allie, a mysterious widow who takes a job playing piano at the town's hotel. Berkley mass pb [6/2006] for $7.99 Putnam 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2005] for $16.47 Random House UNABR audio CD [6/2005] for $18.15 Random House UNABR audio [6/2005] for $16.50 |
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"Appaloosa" feature film [New Line Sept 2008]
Co-written & directed by and starring Ed Harris; co-produced, co-written by & co-starring Robert Knott; also starring Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen, James Gammon, Timothy Spall & Rex Linn New Line Home Video widescreen color DVD [1/2009] for $17.99
Lakeshore Records soundtrack CD [10/2008] 25 tracks for $14.99 27"x40" movie poster from Amazon for $19.99 latest credits from IMDb • official movie site |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Resolution: A Novel" [Western novel 2008]
 | A sequel to "Appaloosa"; Hitch takes a job at a saloon in the raw new town of Resolution, and is soon caught between the townsfolk and the ruthless mine owner. When Cole shows up, Hitch is relieved, but local tensions soon escalate as the mine owner buys out businesses, threatening the loosely-organized ranchers.
Berkley mass pb [DUE May 2009] pre-order for $9.99
Putnam 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2008] for $17.13 |
"Brimstone: A Novel" [Western novel 2009]
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A year after the events in Resolution, Hitch & Cole find Allie, now broken in spirit, and together the trio settles in Brimstone. The two men are hired as deputies and are soon at odds with the town's preacher, who has a strong influence over Allie.
Putnam hardcover [DUE May 2009] pre-order for $17.13 |
in collaboration with Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler [1888-1959] Pages at Blackhat Mystery Bookstore
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"Poodle Springs" [1990] {Raymond Chandler novel completed by Robert B. Parker} Berkley pb [11/90] for $7.50 audio read by Elliott Gould
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"Poodle Springs" [1998 HBO tv movie] Directed by Bob Rafelson, starring James Caan Mosaic Region 2 PAL format color DVD & VHS available via Amazon UK Region 1 DVD & VHS not available • full credits from IMDb |
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"Perchance To Dream" [1991 sequel to "Poodle Springs"] by Robert B. Parker Berkley mass pb [12/93] out of print/used Doubleday hardcover [1/91] out of print/used New Millennium ABR audio [8/2002] out of stock/used |
Other Books
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"The Boxer and The Spy" [YA 2008] by Robert B. Parker
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"Edenville Owls" [YA 2007] by Robert B. Parker
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"Double Play" [2004]
Joseph Burke is hired by Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey to watch over Jackie Robinson, the first Negro to play in major league baseball (story circa 1947). Berkley 7x5½ pb [6/2005] for $7.99 Putnam hardcover [5/2004] for $16.97 New Millennium UNABR audio [4/2004] for $16.97 New Millennium UNABR audio CD [4/2004] for $23.77 |
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"All Our Yesterdays"
"A Year At The Races" with Joan Parker
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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"The Best American Mystery Stories 1997" Edited by Robert B. Parker & Otto Penzler Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [11/97] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [11/97] out of print/used |
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"Love and Glory" [1983]
Dell pb [9/84] for $7.50 Doubleday hardcover [9/83] out of print/used |
"Wilderness"
"Three Weeks In Spring" with Joan Parker
"Training With Weights" with John R. Marsh
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